Mr. Paschal Hayes:

I am glad the Deputy acknowledges the job we do but we must all keep in mind that is a job as a regulator and there are parameters within which we must work. We are willing to discuss with anybody how we can advance that, keeping in mind we have legislation from the Oireachtas as the Irish Legislature and EU regulations that it insists we implement. We must keep those functions and matters in mind when we arrive at a regulatory regime to underpin sustainability and authenticity while preventing food fraud, to be quite straight, within the Irish seafood sector and the food sector generally.